A dual GTO current-source converter topology with sinusoidal inputs for high-power applications

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 878-884

  Xiao, Yuan ^a,d   Wu, Bin ^a   Dewinter, Frank A ^b   Sotudeh, Reza ^c  

^a IEEE

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (Canada)

^d TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AC motor drives; Gate turn off (GTO) thyristor converters; High power rectifiers; Pulsewidth modulation techniques

Indexed keywords

AC MOTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING THEORY; THYRISTORS;

CURRENT SOURCE CONVERTERS; HIGH POWER RECTIFIERS; SWITCHING PATTERNS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 0032115128     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.703998     Document Type: Article

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